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nesting

1 3.9

A strong urge to prepare the home before a baby's birth

noun
/ˈnɛstɪŋ/

: instinto de anidación

Feeling the instinct of nesting, she rearranged the furniture and made sure the baby's room was ready.

Examples

Or if it's overwhelming me because I'm pregnant and I'm like slowly moving into like the nesting phase.
I've really been either nesting like a mother ever.
Like, I don't know, I just really like nesting and I like having a partner.
It tells you what else indeed, that it in what sort of emotional condition it is that it's ready, as it were, for nesting, correct?
During her pregnancy, she experienced a strong urge for nesting, spending hours cleaning and decorating the nursery.
As the due date approached, the couple focused on nesting, organizing the home and preparing everything for the baby.

Antonyms

to neglect

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

disorganization

7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

Compounds

nesting place

2.1

A place where birds or animals build a nest and lay eggs

How Strong

obsession

262 5.1

compulsion

40 6.7

nesting

1 3.9

inclination

61 4.2

interest

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

nesting singular

nestings plural

Morphology

nesting = nest (semi-transparent) = nest + ing

The noun is formed from 'nest' + '-ing', but the pregnancy-related sense depends on a figurative extension to human home-preparation behavior.

Etymology

Nesting comes from birds making a nest as a safe home before their young arrive. So when people feel 'nesting' before a baby, they have a strong urge to clean and prepare the home in the same way.